Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said he was scrapping a project to build a high-speed railway to Singapore, in an ominous sign for the neighbours' famously fractious relationship.

​The ruling Awami League calls upon Russia, China and India to accelerate the safe and dignified repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their homeland in Rakhine state of Myanmar.

Detectives arrest six persons including two Rohingyas on charge of supplying yaba tablets by ingesting them in capsule form.

Myanmar President U Win Myint pardons 58 displaced Rohingyas who are detained while attempting to re-enter the country from Bangladesh.

Thailand's Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn arrived in Dhaka today on a four-day visit at the invitation of Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali.

Malaysia makes its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said today, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Myanmar, and arrested six suspected traffickers.

Thailand's Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow on a four-day royal visit at the invitation of Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali.

It takes a few moments to sift through the years of chaos and dislocation before Rohingya refugee Robi Alam settles on the Muslim holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr, August 2012, as the last time he saw his seven brothers together in Myanmar.

Indonesia's parliament yesterday approved tougher anti-terrorism laws as it seeks to combat a surge in homegrown Islamist militancy,

Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu yesterday tendered his resignation after Burkina Faso announced it was breaking diplomatic ties with the island.

Former Malaysian premier Najib Razak completed his statement to anti-graft agents yesterday, as the Southeast Asian country's new government revealed some $50 billion of liabilities adding to debt left behind by Najib's scandal-hit administration.

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh camps are at imminent risk of landslides, according a statement of Human Rights Watch (HRW).

United Nations Under-Secretary General Dr Natalia Kanem pleads for increased support for the Rohingyas, who are facing a major challenge in the upcoming monsoon season when much of the refugee camps in Bangladesh could be flooded and see landslides.

Myanmar should comply with a United Nations committee’s request for information on the military’s responsibility for widespread rape of Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine State, Human Rights Watch and Fortify Rights said today.

Unicef Goodwill Ambassador and Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra says the world should learn from Bangladesh how to stand beside the distressed humanity.

Canada has adopted a fresh set of strategies to respond to Rohingya crisis, focusing on the needs of women and girls in the aspects of human rights and gender equality.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says one lakh of the displaced Rohingya people, now living in Bangladesh, will be shifted to Bhasanchar Island in Noakhali soon for giving them shelter there until their repatriation.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a newly announced US $30 million contribution from the United States that will be used to provide food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, according to a press release.

A parliamentary body of the United Kingdom has called upon its government to strengthen its efforts to persuade the international community to share the responsibilities of the Rohingya refugees now being sheltered in Bangladesh.

The government of ousted Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak deceived parliament over the finances of state fund 1MDB and suppressed an investigation by intimidating and purging anti-corruption agents, officials say.